WWQP Bulletin Board Chat

Heat of summer . . . and Venice 1

We had a record high temp of 109° here yesterday!   Today will not be much cooler, either.   DH had an early tee time and promised to ride the cart and drink lots of fluids.   His life insurance is paid current, so I tell him to make his own decisions.   What else can I say?!?   Gah.....

Venice was . . . Venice.  It was quite crowded, and reminded me of Times Square (NYC) on New Year's Eve.   Our first day there, a record crowd of visitors was in Venice.   Personally, I think it would sink much more slowly into the sea if less people were standing on it each day, but they need the cash flow that tourism brings.   The improvement over my last visit there in 2001 is that  the refugees from another continent were no longer taking up half a bridge - and creating a real bottle-neck pedestrian traffic jam -  with their knock-off designer handbags.  THAT was really frustrating in 2001.    Food in Venice is mediocre and expensive,  because we are a captive (captured?) audience.    Where else will we go to eat?  It is what it is.    I do not love Venice but it is okay.   We were at the end of our trip and I was too tired to travel 'far from the maddening crowd'  to see the beauty of Venice sans throngs of tourists.  

To our great suprise - and delight since DH grew up sailing every summer of his life - the Americas Cup was beginning the Venice series of races on the day we arrived! Woot! Woot!
And of course, the USA boat ....
The crowd watched from St. Mark's Square and on down - a perfect viewing spot.  It really seemed like more of an exhibition race than true competition, but it was fun and a wonderful extra to our stop in Venice.

More later . . .

posted by Doris W. in TN @ 11:04 AM